Christopher Schwartz is an American philosopher and former journalist focused on counter-disinformation and cybersecurity. He completed his doctorate at KU Leuven's Institute of Philosophy in Belgium, and is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the Rochester Institute of Technology's Global Cybersecurity Institute where he is researching deepfakes and explainable artificial intelligence (xAI). Previously, he was a journalist in the former Soviet Union and Central Asia. including serving as editor-in-chief of NewEurasia Citizen Media and consultant for Factcheck.kg, as well as a guest researcher at KU Leuven's Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography (COSIC) research group.